Cash-carrier.



Patented Oct. I7, I899.

E. SILVERBURG.

CASH CARRIER.

(Application filed Apr. 17, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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C. D. m T O m N w w w O H P D c s. R w E .p h n a o N z u v tron,

ELI SILVERBURG, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CASH-CARRIER;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 635,153, dated Oetober17, 1899.

Application filed April 17, 1899. Serial No. 713,400. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELI SILVERBURG, of the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cash-Carriers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to cash-carriers; and it consists of the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure 1 is aplan view-of myimproved cash carrier. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken approximately on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 1 is a bottom view of the cash-box. Fig. 5 is a view in perspective of a disk carrying a plurality of retaining-hooks,from which disk radiate the wires upon which the cash-carriers travel. Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail sectional view taken approximately on the line 6 6 of Fig. 5.

In the construction of my improved cashcarrier I make use of a rectangular block 1, the under sides of the ends thereof being beveled, as indicated by 2, and the under side of the center of said block is cut away to form the rectangular opening 3. One of the ends of the block 1 is formed wedge-shaped, as indicated by 1, and the notches 5 are formed in the under side of the block between the cutaway portions 3 in the beveled ends 2, and the vertical faces of said notches 5 are provided with cushions 6, of rubber or analogous material.

Fixed to the ends of the block 1 are the metallic plates 7, the upper ends thereof projecting above the top of the block 1, and said upper ends are provided with notches 8. Seated in the top side of each end of the block 1 are the bifurcated standards 9, through the upper ends of which pass the bolts 10, and upon said bolts 10 are rotatably arranged the grooved wheels 11.

Formed in the sides of the block 1, immediately above therectangular cut-away por tion 3, are the straight longitudinally-extendin g grooves 12.

13 indicates a rectangular open-topped receptacle which performs the function of a cash-box, and said receptacle is somewhat shorter than the opening 3. Pivotally held between cars 14-, projecting outwardly from the sides of said receptacle,are metallic plates 15, the upper ends of which are formed into hooks 16, which hooks normally engage'in the grooves 12 in the block 1 when the receptacle is positioned in the opening 3, and held upon the bottom of said receptacle 13 by a staple 17 is an S-shaped wire spring 18, the ends of which engage behind the lower ends of the plates 15, the normal tendency of said spring 18 being to hold the hooks 16 in the groove 12.

Depending from the ceiling of the store at a point above the cashiers desk is a hanger 19, to the lower portion of which hanger are secured the ends of the wires 20, on which the cash-carriers travel, which wires radiate to different parts of the store and terminate at points over and behind the counters. Fixed to the lower end of this hanger is a disk 21, to the under side of the edge of which are secured the hooks 22, which retain the cashcarriers. when the same are forwarded along the wires to the cashier. One of these hooks 22 is arranged beneath each of the wires 20, and said hooks each comprise a fiat plate, the outer end of which is provided with a hook 23, which is adapted to engage in one of the notches 5, formed in the bottom of the block 1. Seated in the recess 24, formed in the edge of the disk 21, above each of the hooks 22, is the inner end of an expansive coilspring 25, the outer end of which carries a plate 26, which plate and spring act as a buffor to receive the impact of the block 1 at the termination of its passage to the cashier. One of the hooks 22 is arranged beneath the outer end of each one of the wires 20 and is for the purpose of retaining the cash-carrier at the outer end of the wire within easy reach of the salesman.

By beveling the front ends of the blocks 1 said blocks will not interfere with each other should two or more of said blocks be at the disk 21 at once and held by the hooks 22.

The operation is as follows: The blocks 1 hang immediately beneath the wires 20, the grooved wheels 11 riding directly upon said wires, and said blocks 1 are normally held by the hooks 22 at the outer ends of the wire in1- mediately over the counters. When a sale is made and the salesman wishes to forward the money received, together with a sales-slip to the cashier, the lower ends of the plates 15 are engaged between the thumb and forefinger and said lower ends are pressed together. By so doing the hooks 16 are drawn out of the grooves 12 and the receptacle 13 or cashbox is removed from the opening 3 in the bottom of the block 1. The cash received, together with the sales-slip, is now placed in the receptacle 13, after which said receptacle is repositioned in the opening 3 and the hooks 16 are allowed to reengage in the grooves 12. This locates the cash-receptacle in its proper position in the block 1, and the salesman now slightly elevates the rear end of said block 1, and in so doing disengages the hook 23 from the notch 5, and at the same time the block 1 is given a quick forward movement by the hand, which movement must necessarily be strong enough or of sufficient force to cause the block to travel along the wire until it reaches the opposite end thereof, adjacent the cashiers desk. When said block reaches the inner end of the wire which is immediately above the disk 21, the hook 23 will pass into the notch 5 in the under side of the wedgeshaped and of the block 1, and at the same time the forward end of said block 1 willstrike against the disk 26, carried by the coil-spring 25, thus doing away with the shock resulting from the impact of said block against the disk 21. The hook 23, engaging in the notch 5, holds the block within easy reach of the cashier, who may now remove the cash-receptacle from its position in the manner previously described, after which the sales-slip and cash can be removed from said recepta cle, and after the proper change is made or after said sales-slip and money are removed from said receptacle the cashier returns the block 1 to its original position over the salesmans counter in the manner just described.

The opening 3 is made much longer than the receptacle 13 in order that said receptacle may be much easier positioned in the opening, and the operator is not required to take the time to look up at the block 1 to adjust the receptacle in a particular position.

The device is simple, inexpensive, easily operated, and the cash-receptacle can be instantly detached or secured in position and when once in position cannot accidentally become detached.

I claim 1. The improved cash-carrier, comprising a rectangular carrier-block 1, the under side of which is provided with a rectangular recess 3 having two opposite vertical end walls, and said block having immediately above said rectangular recess the straight longitudinal grooves 12, the rectangular cash-receptacle 13 having less length than the length of said recess,.and the fiat metallic plates 15 having hooks 16 at their upper ends and pivotally mounted upon said cash-receptacle so that said hooks may pass into said straight grooves 12 at different points in the length of said grooves, substantially as specified.

2. The improved cash-carrier, comprisinga suitable carrier, the cash-receptacle 13, the flat metallic plates 15 having hooks at their upper ends for securing the said receptacle to said carrier, the S-shaped Wire spring 18 located upon the bottom of said receptacle so that the free ends of said spring will engage the lower ends of said flat plates to normally urge them apart, and the staple 17 for scouring said S-shaped spring in position upon said receptacle, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence'of two witnesses.

' ELI SILVERBURG.

Witnesses:

M. P. SMITH, ALBERT J. MOOAULEY. 

